Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday approved former supreme court chief Andras Baka, a critic of Viktor Orban who was fired during the ex-premier's time in power, as the country's next head of state.

Baka was removed from the supreme court by the previous Hungarian government in 2011, a move denounced at the time as an assault on democratic freedoms.

Andras Baka soll am Dienstag zum Staatsoberhaupt gewählt werden. Der Jurist war einst von Viktor Orbans Regierung als Gerichtspräsident abgesetzt worden.

Parlamento elege ex-juiz da Suprema Corte András Baka, que autocrata demitiu após crítica

Andras Baka elected as Hungary's new president